Safety Perspective on Assisted Lane Changes: Insights from Open-Road, Live-Traffic Experiments

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Autores principales: Mattas, Konstantinos, Vass, Sandor, Zachar, Gergely, Ji, Junyi, Gloudemans, Derek, Maggi, Davide, Kriston, Akos, Brahmi, Mohamed, Galassi, Maria Christina, Work, Daniel B, Ciuffo, Biagio
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author Mattas, Konstantinos
Vass, Sandor
Zachar, Gergely
Ji, Junyi
Gloudemans, Derek
Maggi, Davide
Kriston, Akos
Brahmi, Mohamed
Galassi, Maria Christina
Work, Daniel B
Ciuffo, Biagio
author_facet Mattas, Konstantinos
Vass, Sandor
Zachar, Gergely
Ji, Junyi
Gloudemans, Derek
Maggi, Davide
Kriston, Akos
Brahmi, Mohamed
Galassi, Maria Christina
Work, Daniel B
Ciuffo, Biagio
contents This study investigates the assisted lane change functionality of five different vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The goal is to examine novel, under-researched features of commercially available ADAS technologies. The experimental campaign, conducted in the I-24 highway near Nashville, TN, US, collected data on the kinematics and safety margins of assisted lane changes in real-world conditions. The results show that the kinematics of assisted lane changes are consistent for each system, with four out of five vehicles using slower speeds and decelerations than human drivers. However, one system consistently performed more assertive lane changes, completing the maneuver in around 5 seconds. Regarding safety margins, only three vehicles are investigated. Those operated in the US are not restricted by relevant UN regulations, and their designs were found not to adhere to these regulatory requirements. A simulation method used to classify the challenge level for the vehicle receiving the lane change, showing that these systems can force trailing vehicles to decelerate to keep a safe gap. One assisted system was found to have performed a maneuver that posed a hard challenge level for the other vehicle, raising concerns about the safety of these systems in real-world operation. All three vehicles were found to carry out lane changes that induced decelerations to the vehicle in the target lane. Those decelerations could affect traffic flow, inducing traffic shockwaves.
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spellingShingle Safety Perspective on Assisted Lane Changes: Insights from Open-Road, Live-Traffic Experiments
Mattas, Konstantinos
Vass, Sandor
Zachar, Gergely
Ji, Junyi
Gloudemans, Derek
Maggi, Davide
Kriston, Akos
Brahmi, Mohamed
Galassi, Maria Christina
Work, Daniel B
Ciuffo, Biagio
Physics and Society
Robotics
This study investigates the assisted lane change functionality of five different vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The goal is to examine novel, under-researched features of commercially available ADAS technologies. The experimental campaign, conducted in the I-24 highway near Nashville, TN, US, collected data on the kinematics and safety margins of assisted lane changes in real-world conditions. The results show that the kinematics of assisted lane changes are consistent for each system, with four out of five vehicles using slower speeds and decelerations than human drivers. However, one system consistently performed more assertive lane changes, completing the maneuver in around 5 seconds. Regarding safety margins, only three vehicles are investigated. Those operated in the US are not restricted by relevant UN regulations, and their designs were found not to adhere to these regulatory requirements. A simulation method used to classify the challenge level for the vehicle receiving the lane change, showing that these systems can force trailing vehicles to decelerate to keep a safe gap. One assisted system was found to have performed a maneuver that posed a hard challenge level for the other vehicle, raising concerns about the safety of these systems in real-world operation. All three vehicles were found to carry out lane changes that induced decelerations to the vehicle in the target lane. Those decelerations could affect traffic flow, inducing traffic shockwaves.
title Safety Perspective on Assisted Lane Changes: Insights from Open-Road, Live-Traffic Experiments
topic Physics and Society
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09233